US Release date: 28 July 1949
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 25 March 1950
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
Running time: 94 minutes.
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl & Gloria DeHaven
Australian Distributor: MGM
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Metro’s St. James theatre for four weeks from 20 January 1950 as support to Conspirator
Suburban Release Type: Union 7-W-2
Rankings
| EF Points | 120 | 173 |
| EF PPE | 2.61 | 202 |
| Metres Travelled | 503,153 | 122 |
| Average MT | 10,938 | 73 |
| Engagements | 46 | 163 |
| Slots | 79 | 38 |
| Weeks | 33 | 31 |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 71.74% | 29 |
| Saturdays | 8 | 248 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 17.39% | 304 |
| Tuesdays | 5 | 261 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 10.87% | 297 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 46 | 39 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Independent Ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 41 |
| Ratio | 89.13% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.46% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 5 |
| Ratio | 10.87% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 3.25% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -5.71% |
| Hoyts eng | 0 |
| Ratio | 0.00% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -0.84% |
| Independent eng | 35 |
| Ratio | 76.09% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.02% |
| Suburban eng | 11 |
| Ratio | 23.91% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.86% |
Notes: A high quality second feature from MGM, one that would have been a worthy top-biller for Hoyts on Tuesday nights but which got out of the support ghetto (almost always with its city partner, Conspirator) for its Melbourne duration on the Independent circuit. Still, the number of weeks it played provided enough points to just put it over the line into the top half of EF rankings for the year.
Scene of the Crime engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Albert Park | Kinema | Independent | 25/3/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Burnley | Burnley | Independent | 25/3/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| North Carlton | Adelphi | Independent | 25/3/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Richmond | National | Independent | 25/3/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| St.Kilda | Astor | Independent | 25/3/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Toorak | Village | Independent | 25/3/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| St.Kilda | Palais | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 1 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Brunswick | Empire | Independent | 1/4/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Caulfield | Camden | Independent | 1/4/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Elsternwick | Esquire | Independent | 1/4/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Malvern | Embassy | Independent | 1/4/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Moonee Ponds | Moonee | Independent | 1/4/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| West Brunswick | Western | Independent | 1/4/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Westgarth | Westgarth | Independent | 1/4/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Preston | Planet | Suburban | 1/4/50 | 2 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| East Brunswick | Liberty | Independent | 8/4/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| East Malvern | Waverley | Independent | 8/4/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Glenferrie | Glen | Independent | 8/4/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Hawthorn | Vogue | Independent | 8/4/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Balwyn | Balwyn | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Ormond | Plaza | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Preston | St. James | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 3 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 15/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Conspirator |
| Ashburton | Civic | Independent | 15/4/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Middle Brighton | Dendy | Independent | 15/4/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| North Brighton | Gardenvale | Independent | 15/4/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| North Melbourne | Central | Independent | 15/4/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Sandringham | Roxy | Independent | 15/4/50 | 4 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Newport | Plaza | Independent | 22/4/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Conspirator |
| Williamstown | Empress | Independent | 22/4/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Conspirator |
| Coburg | Plaza | Independent | 22/4/50 | 5 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Heidelberg | Orient | Independent | 22/4/50 | 5 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Box Hill | Regent | Suburban | 22/4/50 | 5 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 29/4/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Conspirator |
| Port Melbourne | Port | Independent | 29/4/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Conspirator |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 6/5/50 | 7 | S | 2 | Conspirator |
| Surrey Hills | Surrey | Independent | 6/5/50 | 7 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Preston West | Rivoli | Independent | 13/5/50 | 8 | T | 2 | Conspirator |
| Chelsea | Plaza | Independent | 20/5/50 | 9 | W | 2 | Conspirator |
| Reservoir | Plaza | Independent | 27/5/50 | 10 | S | 2 | Conspirator |
| Essendon | Regal | Independent | 3/6/50 | 11 | S | 2 | Doctor and the Girl |
| Collingwood | Austral | Suburban | 3/6/50 | 11 | T | 2 | That Midnight Kiss |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | Suburban | 10/6/50 | 12 | T | 2 | That Midnight Kiss |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Suburban | 24/6/50 | 14 | T | 2 | That Midnight Kiss |
| South Melbourne | Empire | Suburban | 5/8/50 | 20 | T | 2 | Swing Parade |
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